SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1921, Page 2

SHIPPING.

■ PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH, LATEST OVERSEA MOVEMENTS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1921. PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. 2nd.—uast quarter, 1.40 a.m. 10th.—New moon. 5.46 g.m. 17th.—First quarter, 3.26 p.m. 24th.—Full moon, 7.55 a.m. 31st.—Last quarter, 8.50 p.m. TIDES. High water to-day at 1.13 a.m. and 1.40 p.m.; to-morrow, at 1.59 a.m. and 2.17 p.m. SUNRISE AND SUNSET. The sun rises to-day at 5.33 a.m. and sets at 6.27 p.im.; to-morrow, rises at 5.36 a.m. and sets at 6.24 p.m.. SAILED. Feb. 26.—La Merced, aux. schooner (2.50 p.m.), 1696 tons, Johansen, for Sydney. IN PORT. Poherua, s.s. v Kuituna, s.s. 4? * . ■■ ’ ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Joan Craig, from Newcastle, to-day. Rarawa, from Onehunga, to-morrow. Kowhai, from Westport, via Onehunga, Thursday. Ngatoro, from south, this week. Corinna, from south, early. Kalapoi, from Melbourne, early in March. Karu, early in March. Fort Hacking, early in April. Liberty, from New York, end of April. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa is due to arrive from Onehunga at 5.30 o’clock to-morrow morning with passengers and cargo. She will return north at 8.20 p.m. LA MERCED SAILS. The auxiliary schooner La Merced, which has been in port since February 11 discharging a coal cargo from Newcastle, sailed on Saturday afternoon for Sydney. KOWHAI FROM WESTPORT. The Kowhai is loading coal at 'Westport for Onehunga and New Plymouth”. She will visit Onehunga first and is expected to arrive at New Plymouth about Thursday. POHERUA TO SAIL. The steamer Poher.ua, at present discharging coal at the wharf, is expected to be ready to sail for Westport to-day. KAITUNA FOR GREYMOUTH. The work of discharging the Kaituna’s cargo of cement is proceeding, 4>ut it is not expected to dispatch the vessel with the Greymouth- portion of her cargo until to-morrow. LIBERTY WITH BENZINE. Advice has been received that the s.s. Liberty Is bringing a consignment of benzine for New Plymouth from New York via Auckland. Ste is expected to arrive here about the end of April. MANUKA LEFT SYDNEY. A cable message received by the Union Company reports that the Manuka left Sydney at’ll o’clock on Thursday morning direct for Wellington, where she is due this morning. The vessel is bringing 400 passengers. The present intention is to dispatch the Manuka from Wellington next Thursday on the return trip to Sydney and Hobart. THE WEST CAMARGO. Mr. E. G. F. Zohrab advises that the steamer West Camargo, no r ” discharging San Francisco cargo at Napier, is- to leave the latter port at noon to-morrow for Wellington. The vessel is due at Wellington on Wednesday morning. OTIRA LEFT ST. JOHN. Cable advice has been received that the liner Otira left St. John on February 22 cargo-laden for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Melbourne, and Sydney. The vessel is due at Auckland about April 14 and at Wellington about April 22. A MISSING SCHOONER. A Wellington telegram says Awanul has received a wireless from Suva stating that the four-masted schooner Ilumna, bound from Melbourne to Nukulofa is 59 days out, and asking ships keep a look-out. ON THE KINI. About 8 o’clock on Wednesday night a fire occurred in the lamp room, underneath the navigating bridge of the Union Company’s steamer Klni, which is discharging timber at No. 7 jetty, Lyttelton. A. McDonald, the watchman, on going into the lamp room to get out the lamps, discovered the outbreak, which he succeeded in extinguishing with a few buckets of water. With the exception of the scorching of the paint in the lamp room, a portion of the 'bridge, and a lifebelt, no other damage was done. RECENT PURCHASES. The ex-German steamer Taumjinla, purchased by the Nev/ Zealand Shipping Com-' pany, is a vessel of 7514 tons, and was built at Flensburg in 1913. She was commandeered at the outbreak of war, and has been carrying under the direction of the Shipping Controller. Built in 1.918, at Montreal, the Baldina, lately purchased by the Adelaide Steamship Company, is of 4333 tons gross, and is listed in Llayd’s as belonging to the fleet of the Eryldon Steamship Company, Ltd. The Cape Premier, built in the same year at Montreal for the treai for the British-Africa Shipping and Coaling Company, Ltd., is a vessel of 4342 tons. THE WORLD'S SHIPPING. Presiding at a meeting of the Chamber of Shipping (says a cable from London), Sir Owen Phillips emphasised that the world’s total tonnage was over sixty millions compared with fifty millions in 1914. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. j Bluff. Feb. 26.—Paioona (11 p.m., Febru- } ary 25), from Melbourne. ] Onehunga, Feb. 26.—Rarawa $9.45 a.m.), from New Plymouth. Auckland, Feb. 26.—Langton Hall, from New York. Wellington, Feb. 27.—Marama, (5 p.m.), from Sydney. SAILED. Port Chalmers, Feb. 26.—Sealda (8 a.m.), for Newcastle. Auckland, Feb. 26.—H.M.5. Chatham (7.15 a.m.), for Wellington.